Environmental News: K'zoo City Commission formally supports efforts to shut down Enbridge Line 5

Friday, September 9, 2016

K'zoo City Commission formally supports efforts to shut down Enbridge Line 5

By Malachi Barrett | mbarret1@mlive.com
on September 07, 2016 at 11:46 AM, updated September 08, 2016 at 11:12 AM

KALAMAZOO, MI — The City of Kalamazoo became the latest Michigan municipality to pass a resolution in support of shutting down Enbridge Line 5.

Kalamazoo City Commissioners said the potential for ecological disaster outweighs the benefits of the pipeline and unanimously agreed to support legislative efforts to close it. The 63-year-old lines transport light crude oil and natural gas between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan and are owned and operated by the Canadian oil transport company, Enbridge Inc.

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